Weather

Question 1

the force that air puts on an area

Answer 1

Air pressure

Question 2

layers of gas that surround a planet

Answer 2

Atmosphere

Question 3

a tool used to measure air pressure (related word: barometric)

Answer 3

Barometer

Question 4

the pressure (force per unit area) of the atmosphere against a surface

Answer 4

Barometric pressure

Question 7

the current or past long-term weather conditions characteristic of a region or the entire Earth.

Answer 7

Climate

Question 9

the metric temperature scale: Water boils at 100 degrees _______, and it freezes at 0 degrees _______.

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Celsius

Question 10

thin, wispy-looking clouds; commonly found at heights greater than 6 km

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Cirrus cloud

Question 11

a collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere

Answer 11

Cloud

Question 12

anvil-shaped cloud that is often involved in heavy or violent storms: Cumulonimbus clouds are also called thunderheads. (related words: cumulus, nimbus)

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Cumulonimbus cloud

Question 17

a prolonged shortage of rainfall

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Drought

Question 18

a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud: Funnel clouds do not touch the ground.

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Funnel cloud

Question 19

an area that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation

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Desert

Question 20

the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid

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Freezing point

Question 21

the slow warming of Earth’s atmosphere due to climatic change

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Global warming

Question 22

large, fluffy, white clouds, often seen in fair skies; can develop into cumulonimbus clouds

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Cumulus cloud

Question 23

in weather, the boundary between two masses of air with different properties

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Front

Question 24

the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into water

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Dew point

Question 25

(v) to analyze weather data and make an educated guess about weather in the future; (n) a prediction about what the weather will be like in the future based on weather data

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Forecast

Question 28

the measure of how hot or cold the air is outside

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Temperature

Question 30

the study of patterns of weather

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Meteorology

Question 31

small, icy balls that fall from the sky

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Hail

Question 35

a funnel-shaped cloud or column of air that rotates at high speeds and extends downward from a cloud to the ground

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Tornado

Question 36

water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain

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Precipitation

Question 37

the measure of how much water vapor is in the air

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Humidity

Question 38

a loud noise that happens when lightning heats the air and causes it to expand and contract quickly

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Thunder

Question 39

the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location, including temperature, air movement and precipitation

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Weather

Question 40

a funnel-shaped cloud that forms over water and pulls water upward

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Waterspout

Question 43

a storm with strong winds and rain that forms over tropical waters (related term: typhoon, tropical cyclone)

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Hurricane

Question 44

a weather system that produces heavy precipitation, winds, lightning, and thunder

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Thunderstorm

Question 48

large-scale movement of water within the oceans in a certain direction

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Ocean current

Question 52

a device used to measure temperature

Answer 52

Thermometer

Question 53

a hurricane or tropical storm originating in the Pacific Ocean

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Typhoon

Question 57

a region of low pressure with counter-clockwise wind rotation that develops into a hurricane or tropical storm

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Tropical depression

Question 61

describing a climate that is very hot and humid; describing an area of Earth that is near the equator

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Tropical